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Sattvik 2018: What shall we take away

Would you not enjoy at Sattvik, an unusual dish for us that is, aranchini rice ball made of aromatic rice Joha stuffed with different vegetables? Or for that matter, a

Strategic transformation of AYUSH healing systems: of India: need for a much greater support

While interacting with the  leaders of AYUSH system in India, it became clear that many major shifts are warranted to make Ayurveda a system of first choice in synergy with

Making Ayurveda treatment of first choice: need fr more science

Many of us have benefitted from Ayurvedic treatment for problems for which other treatment might not have proved as effective or mY have reached their limits. The patients generally consult

Reforming school education : triggering innovations, sustaining hopes

1992, I had edited a special issue of the Administrator, the journal of LBSNAA, at the invitation of the the-then Director Mr B N Yugandhar on the Administrative Innovations. Many

Children innovators and researchers: a new paradigm in design thinking & doing (DTD)

Jerky ride on an uneven bumpy road will unnerve anyone. But if a patient on a stretcher has to be carried in an ambulance on such away, will that patient not

Inclusive cities of the future: Creative commons, compassionate connectivity

Communities of thought, practice, and forecasting future shape our individual aspirations and value system. If these communities spur the conversation about the future generation, and forge rituals for remembering their

Learning from Healthy grandmothers: from fast food to fasting foods

When did we last study the lifestyle, food habits, way of thinking and behaving and living of those grandmothers who have never gone to a hospital in their entire life

Gandhian legacy for next 1500 years: A dialectical discourse

Shahid Bhagat Singh, whose birth anniversary nation celebrated recently, reminded us that it was easy to kill an individual, but not to kill an idea. Mahatma Gandhi was killed but

Early indicator of a transformed India: 77% ideas from disadvantaged children

Who would have imagined that Indian search for inclusive development, thanks to National Innovation Foundation-India (NIF), would have achieved such transformative results in mobilising innovative ideas from disadvantaged children? In

Augmenting autonomy and agency through innovative designs

Empowering communities as well as designers through embedding autonomy is not enough. One must also have agency to use that autonomy for reciprocal and responsible designs for inclusive social development.